The Latest in Have Faith Haiti
Don’t judge us for President Donald Trump’s words
To the children of our Haitian orphanage: When you do something wrong, you have to say you’re sorry. We teach you that. But sometimes, when you grow up, you have to say you’re sorry when someone else does something wrong. My hope is you didn’t hear this news. But...
Strangers in strange land give new view of humanity’s ugly side
This summer, I had eight eyes. Two were my own, and six belonged to three young men from Haiti, who were raised at an orphanage I operate there and were making their first trip ever to another country — America — to work as camp counselors. Siem, the oldest, is stocky...
Chika’s Story
A fight to cure the incurable: A Haitian child’s struggle with rare brain cancer inspires strangers, teaches doctors, and creates an unlikely family.
On the Passing of Chika
It is with a broken heart that I share that our beloved Chika went home to heaven today at 1:43 in the afternoon. She was 7. She went breathing slower and slower until she drifted off like the magical child she was. No morphine. No drama. Just love. She was diagnosed...
No power a reminder of those who do without
I was starting to write this column when the lights went off. The computer died. The heat stopped working, and the house fell silent. I exhaled and threw my head back. I cursed and stomped around. How long this time? Should we bother to call the service providers? Who...Haiti, again, must pick up the pieces
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – They cowered inside the tent, the rain pounding like a million drumsticks, the wind a dragon’s howl. And then, suddenly, the night sky was stark above them. “The roof just blew away,” says a 16 year-old girl, pointing where it used to be,...
Have Faith Haiti Prepares for Hurricane Matthew
For those concerned about the Have Faith Haiti Mission, currently enduring Category-4 Hurricane Matthew, please note that we are sharing updates as we are able to at www.havefaithhaiti.org. The Have Faith Haiti Mission and orphanage is home to about 40 children. We...
Working with Haiti’s orphans: Smiles make it worthwhile
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The woman in the chair had a small child sleeping in her lap. She had come to give him away.
“Who is the father?” I asked, through a translator.
“There is no father,” she said.
“Aren’t you the mother?”
“No.”
“Whose child is this?”
“I found him abandoned under a tree behind a hospital. He was maybe 2 months old, and his belly was big. He was crying. So I took him to the police.”
“What did they tell you?”
“They said, ‘Why did you pick him up? You should have left him there.’ So I took him home. And now I am here.”
Mission Chapel Dedicated to “Mommy” Moffett
On April 12, 2014, staff and students gathered at the Have Faith Haiti Mission chapel to honor long-time missionary Florence “Mommy” Moffett, who died in 2012 at age 82. For more than 20 years, Florence lovingly cared for the children at the Mission, often...The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
